Political Quotes

“I wish to start here this morning by thanking my good friend, Senator Orrin Hatch, who happens to be in the Chamber, for his more than four decades of service in the U.S. Senate. We have served together in the Senate for 32 years; he was here before then. I remember that Senator Hatch was first elected to the Senate in 1976 when I was still serving in the Alabama State Senate. This was his first run for public office but more to come. Senator Hatch, as we know, is the longest serving Republican Senator in U.S. history. He is one of only two sitting U.S. Senators to have served during the Presidency of Gerald Ford. He is one of only two remaining Republican U.S. Senators who served during the Presidency of Jimmy Carter. Senator Hatch, as we all know, serves currently as the President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate--one of the highest honors in the Senate. He has chaired three Senate class A committees during his tenure in the Senate, including the Finance Committee, of which he is currently the chairman. He has chaired with distinction the Judiciary Committee and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Some of his major accomplishments--these are just a few--include passage of the historic progrowth, middle-class tax reform, the most significant tax reform in a generation.…”